comment #1

actionman says ...

Pre-sell, pre-sell, pre-sell!

Lerner is a MAJOR hack but the idea that he drafted Herzog to do a dark cop movie makes me giddy. Herzog has never made anything less than a masterpiece. So, to say that I have high expectations for his latest would be an understatement. And if memory serves me correct, Herzog said that he'd be using some of his fee for Bad Lieutenant to help get The Piano Tuner made. Now THAT'S the movie I want to see most from Herzog.

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PrinceGnarles says ...

The real question is what is Nic Cage's wig budget on this film? Was there a cut in his wig budget commensurate with the cut in his fee?

comment #3

PrinceGnarles says ...

The real question is what is Nic Cage's wig budget on this film? Was there a cut in his wig budget commensurate with the cut in his fee?

comment #4

actionman says ...

I just took a peek at the IMDB listing for the new Bad Lieutenant and I was very pleased to see that Herzog is working with d.p. Peter Zeitlinger again.

Also, Xzibit is in this film? Herzog directed Xzibit!? The behind the scenes docs on the DVD should be pretty funny to see! What an eclectic cast overall...Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Brad Dourif...

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Chapman Carruthers says ...

Brad Dourif is exceptional in Humboldt County.

comment #6

alynch says ...

I see no reason to get excited about an unoriginal film, especially when it's being made pretty clear that it's a straight up paycheck job for Herzog. He is not a man meant to be a gun for hire.

comment #7

actionman says ...

Considering Herzog has never done a paycheck job like this in his entire career, I am hoping that he felt a real reason to make this film. They've also made it clear that this is not a remake or a reimagining or anything like that. It's similar in title only to Ferrara's film. It will be a dark cop film taking place in New Orleans, not NYC, and the particulars will be different. I have faith that Herzog can made a solid genre entry. I am excited to see what he brings to this sort of film.

comment #8

p.Vice says ...

History has proven time and again that you can take any great name in the book and if you hand them shit, you'll get shit in return. This movie is clearly a money job all the way, and only a fool would think Herzog didn't take this for the paycheck. His name on it means zilch.

Interestingly, with this info plus Ferrara's Q&A comments you can pretty much understand that he's pissed b/c he didn't get paid, not because they're fucking with his idea.

comment #9

actionman says ...

"His name on it means zilch."

Spoken by someone who has probably never seen a Werner Herzog film. If you had, you wouldn't even consider that idea.

Herzog can make anything he wants. He doesn't make movies for anyone but himself. Something must have attracted him to this project, other than the money. Seriously. If this was Jon Avnet it'd be one thing. But Herzog is as personal as it gets.

And have you read the script? How do you know it's shit?

comment #10

JD says ...

This is a good situation for everyone. They have all the money up front, which means Herzog can do whatever the hell he wants. If it was a true paycheque gig, he'd have to take notes from studio execs and put in a ridiculous ending like the one Rescue Dawn had. Instead, he has carte blanche to do whatever he wants. And to be fair, Bad Lieutenant was never a genre film. Sure, the protagonist's a cop, but there's not much in the way of traditional plot. It's a sensationalistic art film, exactly the kind of thing Herzog excels at.

comment #11

actionman says ...

What was ridiculous about the ending of Rescue Dawn? Dieter being hoisted up by his fellow soldiers? He earned that moment.

comment #12

corey3rd says ...

That was how it ended - watch Little Dieter Must Fly. Sometimes reality plays like a movie.

comment #13

alynch says ...

They've also made it clear that this is not a remake or a reimagining or anything like that.

Every filmmaker ever put in charge of a remake or reimagining over the last decade has insisted that they're not doing a remake or reimagining. It's semantic bullshit. Simply by retaining the title, no matter how much they change the plot, they are leaching off of someone else's work, and Herzog should fucking know better.

comment #14

actionman says ...

I don't think he cares. He didn't buy the rights -- Lerner did. He's the one that owns it. From what I expect of Herzog, he saw the chance to do something different with this sort of film and he took it. Do you really think Herzog cares about the title? Please. He couldn't give two shits.

Or maybe I am wrong. Maybe Herzog really needed to pay some bills and he thought, hey, I'll just grab the money and run. But I highly doubt that. It would be out of character for him.

comment #15

JD says ...

actionman/coreyman3rd, my problem isn't with WHAT happened, but HOW it was executed. Tonally, Little Dieter does not end on the same note as Resceu Dawn, even if the narrative events recounted are the same. Herzog actually allowed that film to have narrative and thematic complexity, whereas Rescue Dawn -- a fantastic film right up until the final minutes -- trivializes his journey and leaves him seemingly un-changed. There's no sense of the film's events having any impact on him... he's just happy to be alive. This is fine by itself, but in relation to the film that preceded it, it's had absolutely no resonance.

comment #16

JD says ...

actionman/coreyman3rd, my problem isn't with WHAT happened, but HOW it was executed. Tonally, Little Dieter does not end on the same note as Resceu Dawn, even if the narrative events recounted are the same. Herzog actually allowed that film to have narrative and thematic complexity, whereas Rescue Dawn -- a fantastic film right up until the final minutes -- trivializes his journey and leaves him seemingly un-changed. There's no sense of the film's events having any impact on him... he's just happy to be alive. This is fine by itself, but in relation to the film that preceded it, it's had absolutely no resonance.

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comment #23

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